George Duke Band feat. Rachelle Ferrell - Live In Montreux, Switzerland - 1997

George Duke Band and Rachelle Ferrell - LIVE AT MONTREUX,

the gold watch of jazz. It seems like once a musician or vocalist

 has spent a few decades in smoky clubs and roughneck juke

 joints, they get to fly to Switzerland  and make a dignified

recording in front of a respectful audience. It's a tradition.

Singer Rachelle Ferrell made her LIVE AT MONTREUX

album only three albums into her career is surprising. That it's

her finest work yet is nothing short of amazing. In this

DVD Ferrell reinterprets a fine set of standards and works

wonders on her original song. All songs were excellently

executed by  George Duke and his band. The rest of the

tracks are even better, as they show the result of several years

of vocal experimentation on Ferrell's part; her phrasing is

remarkably free.  Rachelle Ferrell's  LIVE AT MONTREUX

is a revelation.

George Duke was one of the original players that brought

jazz fusion music in Montreux. Highly trained from Frank

Zappa's band, Billy Cobham and Stanley Clarke. In this

DVD, he played atleast 2 or 3 jazz fusion songs. The rest

are Ferell's music. The band itself is great, they are all

professionally trained and chosen by George himself.

George Duke Band feat. Rachelle Ferrell - Live In Montreux


Year : 1997
Genre : Mainstream, Jazz-Rock, Funk
Length : 1:37:54


Musicians :
George Duke - keyboards,vocals
Rachelle Ferrell - vocals
Jonathan Butler - guitars, vocals
Patti Austin - vocals
Brian Simpson - keyboards
Mino Cinelu - Percussion
Larry Kimpel - Bass
Lil John Roberts - drums


Tracklisting :
1 Welcome To My Love
2 Goin 'Home
3 Genesis
4 500 Miles To Go
5 With Every Breathe I Take
6 Sarah, Sarah
7 Speak Low Waiting

8 9 Bus Tours

10 You Don't Know What Love Is Quality

Dolby Digital 2.0 48KHz 192KbpsRecorded live at
The Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland
between July 15, 1991 and July 12, 1997. Includes
inner notes by Bruce Lundvall and Rachelle Ferrell.

Manhattan Transfer & New York Voices - Vocalese - Live at Estival Jazz Lugano, Piazza della Riforma Lugano, Switzerland, July 02, 2011

Grammy® award-winning vocal groups The Manhattan Transfer and New York Voices  brought their jazz stylings in Estival Jazz Lugano last July 02, 2011.

After releasing a few albums on Columbia Records, the Manhattan Transfer were signed to Atlantic Records by the legendary head of the label, Ahmet Ertegun. Their self-titled debut for that label was released in 1975 and yielded the quartet a top 25 Billboard single ('Operator') and a one-hour variety show on CBS television.

The first album featuring the current lineup of Tim Hauser, Janis Siegel, Alan Paul & Cheryl Bentyne was 1979’s Extensions and included a vocal remake of the Weather Report classic 'Birdland'. 'Birdland' would go on to be considered the group’s theme song, and earn Manhattan Transfer their first two Grammy Awards. In 1981, they became the first group ever to win Grammy Awards in both Pop and Jazz categories in the same year. In 1985, the group received an amazing 12 Grammy nominations for the album Vocalese.


New York Voices, founded in 1987, is a Grammy award-winning vocal ensemble renowned for the "art of group singing." The Voices have performed in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center and the Blue Note Jazz Clubs (New York, Milan, Tokyo).  The Voices have performed with a variety of artists including Patti Austin, George Benson, the Boston Pops and the Count Basie Orchestra and continue to tour with both Paquito D’Rivera and Ivan Lins, presenting two independent programs of Brazilian music.


Got this copy in High Definition format -TS-H.264-1920X720p. The video is ultra clear and the audio is in it's finest tune -AC-3-2 CHANNEL.  The blending of their voices is just marvelous! The concert lasted for 1:09:34 hours.



TRACKLIST:

01 MY DESIRE
02 BAHIA aka HEAR THE VOICES
03 STUDY IN BROWN
04 CORNER POCKET
05 POINCIANA aka THE SONG OF THE TREE
06 JUMPIN' AT THE WOODSIDE
07 TUTU
08 SIDEWINDER
09 SOUL FOOD TO GO
10 TO YOU
11 CARAVAN (male singers only)
12 OFFBEAT OF AVENUE (female singers only)
13 BIRDLAND

Lineup Manhattan Transfer:

Tim Hauser: vocals
Janis Siegel: vocals
Cheryl Bentyne: vocals
Alan Paul: vocals

Lineup New York Voices:

Darmon Meader: vocals
Lauren Kinhan: vocals
Peter Elridge: vocals
Kim Nazarian: vocals

Dianne Reeves - My Living - Room In PARIS - Théâtre du Châtelet le - 3 novembre 2010 - France

                    

Dianne Reeves sings with her music, one of the very few jazz vocalist that can focus on pure jazz singing.  Challenging the boundaries of jazz music and improvisation. Exquisite taste, Au Naturel with warm, deep, rich in color and expression, a voice guided by a sense of rhythm and technical mastership.  This time Dianne's been caught in the rapture of a live performance, possibly her best ever.  She sings her heart out and kills you with a brilliant Brazilian guitarist Romero Lumambo - holding an acoustic  guitar. While on the other end playing  an electric hollow guitar - Russell Malone - a well known American guitarist. The combination of these two guitarist is a perfect match. Very impressive arrangements.  The acoustic reading of "Triste" is magnificent!   Each of the the songs of this superb set are simply stunning, a perfect collection to appreciate the CD's of Dianne Reeves.

It's no joke to perform in this kind of venue wherein everybody's intention is only to watch and listen Dianne Reeves performance. With Dianne's caliber of singing jazz music , everybody seemed to be surprised on how she was able to deliver every song in a very masterfully, flawless style. An absolute astounding concert! The recording of this video was shot entirely in Full High Definition Format (1920X1080p) that's why it's crystal clear and very crisp in sound delivery. 1 hour of full HD concert!  

Dianne Reeves      - vocals
Russell Malone      -  guitar
Romero Lubambo -  guitar


Tracks:

-Duo Tune
-Triste
-Social Call
-Improve "Tango"
-Once I Loved
-Solo
-Good Day
-Solo
-Just My Imaginatiom
-I'm in Love again
-Mista
-You Taught my Heart to sing

This video clip is entitled - Just My Imagination (Live in Paris).   This was taken by an amateur from the audience using a hand held camera. The only video I can retrieve from YOUTUBE.  The one I have was  shot professionally and was broadcast in Europe -  full HD format.

Mario Adnet Jobim Sinfônico, Brazil March 2003

     Mario Adnet
     Symphonic Jobim
     Cracker DVD BF 704 (2003)
     Time: 108'17 "  
     Symphonic Jobim     
     Reviewed by Egidio Leitao
     March 2005

Even if this recording had not won a 2004 Latin Grammy, it would still certainly be considered a magnificent production of Mario Adnet and Paulo Jobim. Using the original arrangements created by Claus Ogerman, Tom Jobim, Eumir Deodato, Nelson Riddle, Dori Caymmi, Paulo Jobim and Mario Adnet himself, Jobim's music presented here is superb. Special guests invited to perform in this recording were Milton Nascimento, Maúcha Adnet and Muíza Adnet. In addition to the sumptuous Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (OSESP), under Roberto Minczuk's direction, the band who performed with Mario Adnet (acoustic guitar, voice) was comprised of Marcos Nimrichter (piano), Duduka da Fonseca (drums, percussion), Zeca Assumpção (acoustic bass), Paulo Jobim (acoustic guitar, voice) with special guests Benjamin Taubkin (piano), Teco Cardoso (flutes, tenor sax), Nailor Proveta (clarinet, alto sax), Paulo Guimarães (flutes, tenor sax) and Léa Freire (flutes). With such talented artists, Jobim Sinfônico leaves no room for disappointments.

Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São PauloThe DVD presents the same song listing as the CD (Biscoito Fino BF 547) but in a different order. It is my inclination to believe the order in the DVD is probably actual concert footage. In addition to the full-length concert, the DVD also includes a special bonus feature of the making of Jobim Sinfônico (time: 24'18"), featuring a few interviews with Paulo Jobim and others. For that special feature, there are optional subtitles in English or Spanish. The audio for the DVD is available in Dolby 5.1 and DTS 5.1. Although nothing negative can be said of the music and performers, the DVD does have a few very minor technical problems, which in no way prevent the listener from fully enjoying this magnificent work. On some occasions, the cameras are not quite in focus, probably due to reflections from the brass section.

This release is definitely a must-have for any Jobim or Adnet fan. It presents Jobim in a different light and covers the broad range of his work, from popular to erudite, including his successful ventures into motion picture soundtracks. The listener wins whether buying the CD or the DVD. I personally prefer the added bonus of the visual impact that seeing the performers can create. In the case of Jobim Sinfônico, seeing the joy of these performers is a rare joy.

 Mario Adnet 

Tracks:

All music by Antonio Carlos Jobim, except where noted.

     Brasília, Sinfonia da Alvorada (Antonio Carlos Jobim - Vinicius de Moraes)
     The Desert Highlands
     Man
     The Arrival of Candangos
     The Work and the Construction
     Saudade do Brazil
     Imagine (Antonio Carlos Jobim - Chico Buarque)
     Modinha - w / Paulo Jobim & Bisa Adnet
     The Murdered House:
     Train To Cordisburgo
     Heart Cry (Antonio Carlos Jobim - Vinicius de Moraes) - w / Mario Adnet
     The Abandoned Garden
     Miracle and Clowns
     Prelude - w / Benjamin Taubkin
     legend
     A Felicidade (Antonio Carlos Jobim - Vinicius de Moraes) - w / Maucha Adnet
     Orfeu da Conceição (Antonio Carlos Jobim - Vinicius de Moraes)
     Overture
     macumba
     If everyone were like you - w / Milton Nascimento
     Matita Pere (Antonio Carlos Jobim - Paulo Cesar Pinheiro)
     Gabriela
     Canta, Canta Mais (Antonio Carlos Jobim - Vinicius de Moraes)
     Mi Amigo Radames
     Garota de Ipanema (Antonio Carlos Jobim - Vinicius de Moraes)
     Bangzália

Nikki Yanofsky - Live In Montreal, Canada 6 - 29 - 2010

 5.0 out of 5 stars supreme talent, June 29, 2010
By  Randian "Tom"
This review is from: Nikki Live in Montreal (DVD) amazon.com

Nikki Yanofsky is an awesomely gifted singer regardless of age. The fact that she is only sixteen at present is mind boggling. She is already a seasoned performer and appears capable of any style of music. First of all she is a real jazz singer that can do Ella Fitzgerald type vocals and can do pop tunes and soul tunes and whatever she chooses to do as she has an amazing voice and vocal technique and is incredibly versatile.She mixes genres although jazz and Ella Fitzgerald's vocals are her first love. She should appeal to fans of jazz and pop and soul as she is awesome at many types of music.She is extremely intelligent for her age of sixteen and is very confident on stage. She is very charming and pretty also which doesn't hurt. Technically gifted beyond even some great and much older established female singers in jazz and pop the sky seems to be the limit for her.Considering that as she gets older she will have had even more experience and her voice will mature into a deeper range is exciting to ponder as she is so awesome already.She is richly deserving of huge success already and although she is a prodigy she shouldn't be considered special just because of her young age but extra special as a singer of any age. It is difficult to think of a female singer that is her equal in so many genres all at the same time.An amazing and spectacular talent for sure.Do yourself a favor and buy her dvds and cds and discover her for yourself ahead of the rest of the world.

Tom Jobim and Gal Costa - Live at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles - 1987

 

Tom Jobim and  Gal Costa - Gabriela - Rio Revisited Los Angeles1987. Tom and Gal in a single moment, accompanied by his band at the time "Jobim-New Band"

 composed by:

 Mauch Adnet, AnaJobim, Simone Caymmi, Elizabeth Jobim, Paula Morelenbaum(vocals),

Jacques Morelenbaum (cello),

Danilo Caymmi (flute),

Paulo Jobim (guitar),

Sebastian Neto (bass),

Paulo Braga(drums).

Videos are  "Gabriela" and  "Wave"

Burt Bacharach: One Amazing Night (TV 1998)

Rest of cast listed alphabetically:


Burt Bacharach    ...  Himself
Natalie Appleton ...  'There's Always Something There to Remind Me' (as All Saints)
Nicole Appleton  ...  'There's Always Something There to Remind Me' (as All Saints)
Melanie Blatt     ...  'There's Always Something There to Remind Me' (as All Saints)
Elvis Costello    ...   Himself
Andy Creeggan ...  'Close to You' (as Barenaked Ladies)
Jim Creeggan    ...  'Close to You' (as Barenaked Ladies)
Sheryl Crow     ...  'One Less Bell to Answer'
George Duke     ...  Performer 'Wives and Lovers'
Ben Foldss        ...  'Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head' (as Ben Folds Five)
Kevin Hearn      ...  Performers 'Close to You' (as Barenaked Ladies)
Chrissie Hynde ...  'Baby It's You / A Message to Michael'
Darren Jessee   ...  Performers 'Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head' (as Ben Folds Five)
Wynonna Judd  ... Performer 'Anyone Who Had a Heart' (as Wynonna)
Shaznay Lewis  ... Performers 'There's Always Something There to Remind Me' (as All Saints)

Bacharach, the king of relaxed, suave melodies that have quietly assumed a sentimental position in our lives, is celebrated here by a handful of performers who paid him tribute during the inaugural episode of TNT's Master Series. Sheryl Crow throws in the torch for a sultry "One Less Bell to Answer." Chrissie Hynde breaks past her leather-jacket toughness for a tender read of "Baby It's You" and "Message to Michael." Elvis Costello expertly performs his collaboration with Bacharach, the Grammy-awarded "God Give Me Strength" (from the Grace of My Heart soundtrack). Mike Myers camps up "What's New Pussycat?" But none can top the real thing. Dionne Warwick brings us back to the late '60s of Bacharach's prime with a riveting medley of "Walk On By/Say a Little Prayer/Do You Know the Way to San Jose." That and Bacharach's lush arranging skills make the title true to its word.

The songwriting great, Burt Bacharach, is celebrated here by an illustrious group of performers who paid tribute to him during the inaugural episode of TNT's Master Series. Features performances from Cheryl Crow, All Saints, Elvis Costello, Chrissie Hynde, Mike Myers, Wynona, Ben Folds Five, Barenaked Ladies, Luther Vandross, David Sanborn and George Duke, Dionne Warwick and Bacharach himself. 2007. 

Al Jarreau & Band - E Jerry and his Orchestra - Concert in Minsk, Belarus, Russia - March 2011

Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus

Belarussian State Philharmonic Society

THE BIG CONCERT HALL

(Nezavisimosty Avenue, 50)

CONCERTS IN MARCH 2011

Al Jarreau & Band - Live in Minsk / E Jerry and his Orchestra

 Friday, March 4, 2011, before a big weekend in Minsk.  Featured jazz artist Al  Jarreau was the only jazz vocalist from the U.S. that was exclusively invited to perform in Belarus. Among the  other  performers were great Classical Russian players. Al Jarreau is widely known in his unique style of jazz singing and considered  the best jazz vocal artist of the 20th century - Watch the incomparable jazz vocalist Al Jarreau.

Tracklist :

1) Save Me
2) Look To The Rainbow
3) You Don't See Me
4) Sweet Potato Pie
5) This Time
6) Better Than Anything
7) Tell Me What I Gotta Do
8) After All
9) Boogie Down
10) Your Song
11) We're In This Love Together
12) Moonlighting (Theme)
13) Cold Duck
14) Fire & Rain
15) Take 5
16) Mornin '
17) Mas Que Nada

A breakdown of the chapters on tracks : yes
Quality : TVRip- a bit blurred but the audio and video is tolerable.

Film clip- taken by an  amateur inside the concert.

Dee Dee Bridgewater - J'ai Deux Amours Tour 2005 - Live in Antibes,Juan-Les-Pins, France

Dee Dee Bridgewater (born May 27, 1950) is an American Jazz singer. She is a two-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award - winning stage actress and host of National Public Radio's syndicated radio show JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater. She is a United Nations Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization.

Bridgewater is the first American to be inducted to the Haut Conseil de la Francophonie. She has received the Award of Arts and Letters in France. She also won the 1975 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in The Wiz.

 Dee Dee Bridgewater is named as one of the top singers in both critics' and readers' Down Beat polls. Considering that she was a French denizen for some time (nearly 20 years). This DVD album is fabulous, and is one of the best concerts of DeeDee Bridgeater. I love this concert!

This DVD concert is sung primarily in French, although on a few standards, Ms. Bridgewater sang some songs in english. What makes this dvd so special, is the flexibility in Ms. Bridgewater's approach. She sings "J'ai Duex Amours" seductively,  "My Man" with a strong calypso beat; and "Girl Talk" as a strong, shouting funk. Then she does "La Belle Vie", starting with breathless seduction and morphing into strong, solid cabaret-style lines. My favorite is her unique take on "La Vie en Rose." The featured accordion playing, thus adding  the European flavor of the standards.

Dee Dee Bridgewater - Live in Antibes and Juan-Les-Pins

Tracklisting:

Intro
J'ai Deux Amours
La Mer/Beyond The Sea
Ne me Quitte pas
Mon Homme/My Man
Et Maintenant
Que Rest-il De Nos Amours
Dansez Sur Moi/Girl Talk
La Belle Vie/The Good Life
Avec Le Temps
Les Feuilles Mortes
La Vie En Rose

Steely Dan - Live at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - Dec. 08 , 2006 Charlotte, New York City, U.S.A, Featuring Michael McDonald

Steely Dan is an American band built around two core members, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. The band's music is characterized by complex jazz-influenced structures and harmonies.Becker and Fagen are well known for their near-obsessive perfectionism in the recording studio, which is one of the reasons why Steely Dan has reached cult-status with discerning music fans worldwide.The band has sold over 30 million records to date, been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and still performs with passion.

In the last few songs of the concert - Michael Mcdonald was introduced by Walter Becker. Concert went on up to the last song titled "FM". The crowd shouted "more"!  Their final song was "My old School"  If you really dig Steely Dan's music. This one is a knocker!

TRACKLIST:

01. Intro

02. Bodhisattva

03. Time Out Of Mind

04. Aja

05. I Got The News

06. Hey 19

07. Josie

08. Green Earrings

09. Deacon Blues

10. Black Friday

11. Dirty Work

12. Band Intros/Show Biz Kids

13. Do It Again

14. Peg

15. Dont Take Me Alive

16. Kid Charlemagne

17. FM

18. My Old School

BIRELI LAGRENE, RICHARD GALLIANO, DIDIER LOCKWOOD. Live in Marciac, 2010

      

Richard Galliano, Bireli Lagrene, Didier Lockwood: a trio of three prestigious strong personalities. Probably accordionist, guitarist and violinist know they long. But this is the first time they have been grouped in a directory that gives pride to each and whose paternity, except for the Pent Up House, Sonny Rollins, Stephane Grappelli dear to their responsibility of one end to another. Fou Rire, Galliano, Place du Tertre Lagrene, Bequest of Lockwood, the tone and give a concert in which everyone has an opportunity to highlight its inspiration and superlative technique. It would probably be it excessive to speak of uniformity, but such a juxtaposition of talent has something to attract assistance clearly won.

Jacques Aboucaya

Credits
Richard Galliano accordéon
Biréli Lagrène guitare
Didier Lockwood violon

Jamie Cullum and the Heritage Orchestra - BBC -2010

BBC Proms  2010 - [Jamie Cullum and the Heritage Orchestra]

Singer and songwriter, pianist and guitarist, jazz leader and
pop collaborator Jamie Cullum has been doing it all for a decade.

In a highlight of the Late Night Proms series he
joins up with the Heritage Orchestra, the forward-looking,
 boundary-crossing collective formed six years ago to play at

London's Cargo club. Soon they were recording
a session for Gilles Peterson's Radio 1 show and
appearing at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Cullum has
devised awide-ranging programme that also features
 new arrangements and some special guest appearances.

Intro

All at Sea

Just One of Those Things

Get Your Way

If I Ruled The World

It Ain't Necessarily So

Love Ain't Gonna Let You Down

What a Difference a Day Made

You and Me are Gone

Solo (I Get Along With You Very Well)

London Skies

You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You

Play The Piano

Mixtape

Jamie Cullum piano/vocalist

Heritage Orchestra

Jules Buckley conductor

There will be no interval.

Bireli Lagrene & Didier Lockwood - 35th Edition - Live Festival de Jazz de Vitoria-Gasteiz - 2010

Last January 24 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Belgian gypsy who has been, without doubt, the European jazz musician greatest of all time.

The two best players possible to make a tribute to Django. The guitarist, also Gypsy Bireli Lagrene which debuted just being a kid in the eighties playing acoustic guitar with blinding speed. He made some recordings with bassist Jaco Pastorius, but "never want to forget to Django." His records and his concerts are always an event and on this occasion, will have the collaboration of the great violinist of Calais (France) Didier Lockwood. Spiritual son of Stephane Grappelli, which received the violin Michel Waldrop thus perpetuating the chain of French violinists. He has performed at Carnegie Hall with Dave Brubeck and the Blue Note with Miles Davis, Marcus Miller and Lenny White and has worked with Herbie Hancock, Elvin Jones and the Marsalis brothers.

Undoubtedly, Didier Biréli and make the best possible tribute to the memory and music of Django Reinhardt.


LineUp

Bireli Lagrene: guitar

Frank Wolf: sax

Jurgen Attig: bass

Didier Lockwood: violin

Setlist

01 Just The way You Are*

02 After YouпїЅve Gone*

03 Pentup House

04 Nuages

05 Barbizon Blues

06 Minor Swing

07 Performer Didier Solo

08 Autumn Leaves *

Bireli Lagrene & Didier Lockwood live Festival Jazz Cinq Continents Marseille 2010

Chris Botti in Boston - 2009

In his new PBS special, CHRIS BOTTI IN BOSTON, trumpeter Botti performs with an incredible group of featured guest artists, including Sting, Josh Groban, John Mayer, Yo-Yo Ma, Lucia Micarelli, Katharine McPhee, Steven Tyler and Sy Smith, with Keith Lockhart conducting the Boston Pops. The program was filmed at Symphony Hall in Boston. It premiered February 28 and broadcasted throughout March 2009 on most PBS stations.

Sting and Josh Groban -- singing on stage together for the first time -- perform Sting's "Shape of My Heart" with acclaimed trumpeter Chris Botti in Botti's new PBS special CHRIS BOTTI IN BOSTON.